One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86597

Fragmentary loan agreement involving the monastery of Apa Apollo TM 86597BawitVIII

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Fragmentary Coptic acknowledgement of debt or loan agreement connected with the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit. The borrower writes to a brother of the monastery acknowledging that he owes him something, apparently involving wine and a gold solidus, with repayment in an indiction year.

In English machine translation

† I, my brother(?) […] […] his […] I write to my brother [NN] […] of the monastery (topos) of Apa Apollo […] [I owe you] clearly(?) […] wine […] [God] willing […] of the […]-teenth indiction […] […] (?) […] I will give (?) solidus […] […] […] […] […] [… ? lines lost …]

The word rendered "brother" is largely restored, and most of the terms of the loan are lost. Topos is the usual Coptic term for a monastery or holy place.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan agreement). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.mon.apollo.1.44

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

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